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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# This file is part of Xpra.
+# Copyright (C) 2019 Antoine Martin <antoine@xpra.org>
+# Xpra is released under the terms of the GNU GPL v2, or, at your option, any
+# later version. See the file COPYING for details.
+
+import unittest
+
+from xpra.util import AdHocStruct, typedict
+from xpra.client.mixins.encodings import Encodings
+from unit.client.mixins.clientmixintest_util import ClientMixinTest
+
+
+class DisplayClientTest(ClientMixinTest):
+
+	def test_display(self):
+		x = Encodings()
+		opts = AdHocStruct()
+		opts.encoding = ""
+		opts.encodings = ["rgb", "png"]
+		opts.quality = 0
+		opts.min_quality = 20
+		opts.speed = 0
+		opts.min_speed = 20
+		opts.video_scaling = "no"
+		opts.video_decoders = []
+		opts.csc_modules = []
+		opts.video_encoders = []
+		
+		x.init(opts)
+		assert x.get_caps() is not None
+		x.server_capabilities = typedict({
+			"encodings" : ["rgb"],
+			"encodings.core" : ["rgb32", "rgb24", "png"],
+			"encodings.problematic" : [],
+			"encoding" : ""
+			})
+		x.parse_server_capabilities()
+
+def main():
+	unittest.main()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+	main()